IVECA Welcomes Australia

IVECA is pleased to welcome Australia’s Melbourne Grammar School as our newest partner. Students will partner with schools from China and Tunisia. Classrooms partnered with Tunisia will use French and English, while those working with Chinese partners will use Chinese and English. One of Melbourne Grammar School’s lead teachers shared the school’s enthusiasm saying they are very excited to meet the students and teachers from their partner schools and to begin this journey. Their students are particularly keen to practice their language skills.

The IVECA community welcomes Australia and wishes them a wonderful semester!

Two Korean Schools & a US School District Recieve IVECA Distinguished Global Model School Award

Franklin West Supervisory Union school district in Vermont, USA, Charmsaem Elementary and Jeonmin High School in Korea became the first recipients of IVECA Distinguished Global School/District Award.  Those schools and a district are selected among the candidates from 9 states in the U.S., 11 countries, 80 schools, and the partners of over 150 IVECA programs around the world.

The USA based district FWSU received their award in March 2, 2016 and had a special acknowledgment:

With great pride and responsibility, IVECA Center for International Virtual Schooling recognizes the innovative leadership and best practices of FWSU School District, USA in transforming local school education to 21st century global collaborative schooling. Especially, IVECA Center acknowledges the pioneering leader, Superintendent Ned Kirsch, for his vision and support towards promoting interculturally competent global citizenship.

The award ceremony for the Korean schools was held in January 25 during the annual general meeting of IVECA-Korea in Seoul, Korea  and counted with the presence of Dr. Jung, the Founder and Executive Director of IVECA International Virtual Schooling.  

Congratulations FWSU, Charmsaem and Jeonmin schools for such excellent participation and recognition!

Teachers in Brazil Innovate with IVECA

This semester, two new schools in Brazil will join the IVECA program: Elementary School Caldas Junior in Novo Hamburgo City and Ivoti Institute of Education in Ivoti Town. Students from both schools are excited to begin the new program. In preparation, the lead teacher for the 5th grade class at Elementary School Caldas Junior has implemented English language lessons; something which had previously never been done.  At the Ivoti Institute, the 8th grade English and Social Studies instructors are working collaboratively to gear up for the upcoming semester. They will be partnering with Bellows Free Academy, Vermont, USA. Sejam bem-vindos! (Welcome in Portuguese!)